Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of three second level schools (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34838/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The three post primary schools in question have agreed to amalgamate to form a new Community School. The new school is expected to cater for up to 650 pupils. The amalgamation will proceed when a new school building has been provided.

A suitable site for this project has been identified. It consists of lands acquired under the Residential Institutions Redress Act (Redress site) and an additional piece of land located adjacent to the Redress site. The Redress site has been secured and my Department is currently in negotiations on the acquisition of the adjacent piece of land.

When the site for the proposed school is secured the project will be considered for progression in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2007-2011.